BISC

Bioinformatics and Information Science Center

Mission Statement and Goals

The mission of the Bioinformatics and Information Science Center at WKU is to build
and maintain an interdisciplinary community, with student engagement, that will collaboratively
propose and solve problems in bioinformatics and information science.

As part of its mission, BISC will develop goals and procedures to:

Advance bioinformatics and information science at WKU by bringing together members
of the research community who are interested in informatics.

Develop a support network for bioinformatics and information research and projects
through collaboration and consulting.

Build a strong interdisciplinary curriculum that will prepare students to compete
in an expanding world of information science, enter the informatics workforce, and
excel in graduate informatics programs.

Help members compete for external funding through grants, contracts, and endowments;
and to present and publish their results in appropriate venues.

Faculty and staff from all disciplines are invited to join BISC. Members will have
the opportunity to contribute to the development of policies to fulfill the mission
of the center, participate in consulting, mentor students in applied research, and
help build a cross-disciplinary curriculum in bioinformatics and information science.
Members also will be able to establish collaborations with fellow BISC members and
are encouraged to support the mission of the center in any way that they can.

The 2012 BISC Research Symposium was held November 9 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm in Snell
2102. The Bioinformatics and Information Science Center invited all Ogden College
faculty, staff, and students to present posters on their research in bioinformatics
and information science. This was an opportunity for the informatics community to
exchange ideas in a relaxed, yet informative, atmosphere. Click here for photo gallery.

2015 UT-ORNL-KBRIN Bioinformatics Summit

The 2015 summit will return to Tennessee in the spring. Potential areas include current
trends in molecular biology, applications of next-generation sequencing, and systems
biology.